The Real Reason Why Music Is Getting Worse

Summary by Krater

Rick Beato discusses the evolution of music production technology and how digital tools have made music easier to make, consume, and devalue over time.

From the video

Answers: How has technology changed the music business and the value of music?

• history of music production
• Auto-Tune in popular music
• drum quantization and human feel
• microphone setup for drum recording
• AI voice cloning in the music industry
• streaming economics and music valuation

What it concludes

• Music has become too easy to make, producing overly sanitized and homogenized results.
• Major record labels are suing AI startups for copyright infringement while partnering with others to create AI voice models of their artists.
• Streaming platforms provide vast catalogs of music for a low monthly fee, devaluing music by eliminating sweat equity and personal connection to physical albums.